pronunciation
how do you pronounce "Vercingetorix" in english
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That's easy, Druids!
LOL!! Sorry, I am going to have to guess:
"Ver - sin - gaa - tour - eeks" ?
MovieChat Forums > Vercingétorix (2001) Discussion > pronunciation
OTOH, there are some ludicrous pedants who maintain that the 'C' in Latin should always be pronounced as in a 'hard' C...i.e. a 'K', yielding;
Cicero = Kick-er-owe
Veni, Vidi, Vici = Venny, Veedy, Vicki
(I know, I know...no written record can ever 'prove' anything about pronounciation, but, Latin is so 'regular', its 'Scholars' must invent things about which to squabble)
any whey, it's *possible* Vercingetorix 'might' be pronounced;
Vir'-kin-jet"-oar-icks
personally, I plump for;
Vir'-sin-jet"-oar-icks
Vanity plates; too expensive...I'll just change my name to: "Juliet Whiskey Tango 649"
No no no NO!
There is no "V" in Latin. V is pronounced the way we pronounce W or U. And the "ludicrous pedants" you mention are actually "everyone who speaks Latin". THERE IS NO SOFT "C" IN LATIN. That's called an "S" in Latin. If his name were to be pronounced "Sisero", they would have spelled it Sisero.
"Vercingetorix" would be pronounced in Latin like:
"Wer-keen-ghe-toh-reex"
NO SOFT G!
The best common Anglicized pronounciation should be:
"Ver-sin-ghe-toh-ricks"
In the movie it's pronounced like so: VER-sin-JET-er-ix
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